Pizhichil-Thailadhara

The Ayurveda treatment Pizhichil or Thailadhara is a method of Ayurveda therapy of Kerala, and it is a combination of two classical Ayurveda treatments methods, Snehana, and Swedana. The whole body is bathed in a stream of lukewarm medicated oil with gentle massage.

It is a combination of oil massage and heat treatment, a gentle and synchronized massage is carried through out on all parts of the body. The patient is laying on a treatment table and two or more trained therapists carried out the massage under the strict supervision of an Ayurveda physician. It should be administered in different seven standard positions.

A special cotton cloth dipped in lukewarm medicated oil is squeezed over the patient’s body uniformly and then the oil rubbed smoothly over the body of the patient by masseurs on either side.